Since nobody has answered your edit, this "category" you are looking for is called a "consensus algorithm", specifically when used to describe the system used in cryptocurrency blockchains to reach consensus. Proof of work is the most popular but you can see many new concepts coming up nowadays like proof-of-human and proof-of-time even.

The simple answer to your question is YES, you can. But the correct answer should be: does your idea really need an ICO? Do you have the ideas clearly specified, do you have a business plan in place and do you have an idea of how crypto or the blockchain will help this idea or do you just want to use the anonymous features of ICO. It sounds to me just that you want to raise money for a business, and use a token to raise money.

Check out the SERVICES section under Bitcoin discussion. You will see a few people promoting ICO startup services.

Oh, looks like this is over and great news for the participating winners. Good to see the posters shut all the nonsense up about escrow too, really hate when everyone thinks escrow is necessary for everything, even when no one is risking anything. By the way,,, don't forget to share the results of the research with everyone! I left my email so hope to see it drop into my inbox soon.

This is not at all a big surprise. Who on earth is using Bitcoin Cash besides the miners, traders and the few who have money invested in it? Are people waiting to trade Bitcoin cash out to pay their bills? Is someone buying stuff on Amazon with it? Are gamblers and casinos moving big chunks of it around as normal operations. No, no, no.

Makes it no different from an alt in that respect. Remember, there are millions of tx that involve moving out BCH to sell. Those are not done yet.

Normally I join all the airdrops I can find but I will wait to watch this one and participate later, as there are 10 rounds! The no supply cap does concern me, especially when there is no clear way for community to decide this. Shouldn't at least a temporary cap or plan be installed? Developers need to lay out a clear path, and then ask the community to decide on the final things.

If you're really desperate for news about DigiByte, you only have to look at Google. Or Reddit! I would stay away from this coin... it was one of those projects that name dropped like hell, building all this empty hype about big names and big games. And of course, people like me fell for it.

Refer to https://web.archive.org/web/20160820152102/https://invesd.org/interview-5-digibyte/

Ask yourself which of this was realised. If you can even show 25% things were achieved, then yes, maybe there's hope.

I have participated in a lot of coins that tried to use the free vote listing of Nova and TradeSatoshi - some successful and some not. I would not say listing on those places are a guarantee of coin longevity since some have also dropped out after being listed early on.

I am more wary now of wasting time with new coins. Even if I don't spend much money, the time is a pain. That said, looks like a decent coin to follow for now.

Both are already "in profit" so you should expect the ups and downs. Remember when Bitcoin "dumped" to $300 after the >$1000 ATH? It took years to recover back the "profits" and now we forgot about that.

Waves is encouraging more decentralised exchanges. We have to support this. The more the better.

Abandoned = wrong. This is pure ignorance and misinformation. But maybe this is the difference also with XEL supporters?
Not cheap anymore? = Cheapness means good coin? What are we discussing here? How cheap a coin is or how good a coin is? I may have been misinformed.
Developed by part timers and volunteers = Oh no, we better abandon Bitcoin because it has a lot of part timers and volunteers.

I don't know if versus is correct terminology, but may I add Elastic into this list. They are different in quite a special sense as they are like how a lot of cryptos started: with part timers and volunteers. They had one negative issue which was one guy ran away with donated money but since no one invested, in a way no one lost anything.

Usually, I am very well aware of Vitalik Buterin projects. I remember earlier about Humaniq and it sounded very lively. But how is it I have never heard of OmiseGo? Did Mr Vitalik think he might just go quiet on this one instead of hyping up like Humaniq? Maybe he felt sorry it is doing badly now, but since I only have small amounts of it, I no longer worry. Just my fortune to miss out on something that goes boom.

But this does not make sense. OP is asking why blockchain writing is posted on medium and not steemit... they are already talking about blockchain why not a decentralised platform?

But you're right I think. You can make more money using traditional medium plus ads than with steemit. Steemit seems a lot of spammers and useless posts. Pretty girl picture = $500. Tech writer =$0.01 haha. So it's not so much about crypto or anything, but revenue. Trust me, pretty girl on Medium = $0.

Diversification is the smart way to go, even if you only believe in Bitcoin. At least hedge a small fraction in the top 5 if you hate them all. It isn't about personal belief after all, just a way of securing your basket.

Actually, out of crypto is also a wise diversification. Yes, store a small amount in fiat bank savings. Do it.

You missed the spring madness yes? That was the period when a lot of ICOs suddenly sprang up, and most of them were using tokens on Ethereum blockchain. Bonuses were also given out for ETH users in some ICOs. Basically, demand for ETH accepting ICOs made the price jump.

Then again, all the alts were rising after BTC finally reached old ATH and broke it. Every crypto just enjoyed the ride.

OKCoin and BNB Binance. Completely new to me but I am scouting for new alts to get into so will look these up. But if you're not even looking at BNB long term why would you want to spend any time on it? Just move on.

Also: what exactly is this fee you mention? Why would you get into BNB for a "free fee"?

The battle of course hasn't been lost. It cannot really be won either, because it is extremely hard to launch an alt with so much backing and reputation and have it fail. Only if the developers abandon it can it fail. What I am interested in now is, what other developments can Bitcoin Cash bring? If they somehow find a way to introduce new tech in place of simple block increase, they may have a lifesaver.

I remember reading about that maybe last year? Cigarettes are now the second most valuable currency in prison. Ramen noodles are now top, and especially in USA and Europe actually! ETH may never reach de facto of Bitcoin but it could have its own niche, the way Monero has a niche. ETH the investment currency maybe.

You should be thanking Benjamin Franklin and gang for being able to spend those Vitalik millions, you know. Thank the fiat gods, and thank the crypto semi gods and goddesses. Thank bitcointalk for being able to share. Thank the world for buying.

You are welcome!

OP actually, this is NOT a contest so don't listen and post this in the contest thread... but please edit your first post and explain that this is a survey (market research) with a chance to win some prizes just for participating. You want to get good, accurate results for your research, don't you? Then don't run this as a contest or you will get more than half fake entrants.

Anyway I did the survey. No need to be entered. Good luck.

I did not own much BCC but I immediately sold it all as soon as possible. I had all my Bitcoins on a gambling site, and since it was only about $50 I did not bother taking it out and wasting fees. The site gave me equal BCC, I requested withdrawal to an exchange and sold it all for below while the price was 0.08 BTC. It was not such a useful price but I grew my BTC by almost 8%... Why the hell not, right?